In the morning, in the morning

In the morning, in the morning,
In the happy field of hay,
Oh they looked at one another
By the light of day.

In the blue and silver morning
On the haycock as they lay,
Oh they looked at one another
And they looked away.

by Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) , no title, from Last Poems, no. 23, published 1922

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (1883-1953) , "In the morning", published 1926. [voice and piano]
by Edward Toner Cone (1917-) , "In the morning" [soprano and piano]
by Jake Heggie (1961-) , "In the morning", 2005, first performed 2005 [tenor and baritone with violin, viola, cello and piano], from Here and Gone, no. 5.
by Douglas MacDonald Stewart (1892-?) , "In the morning", published 1923. [voice and piano]
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) , "In the morning, in the morning", 1927, published 1954, rev. 1954 [voice and violin], from Along the Field, no. 4.
by Raymond Wilding-White (1922-) , "In the morning", published 1969 [voice and piano], from Three Housman Poems, no. ?

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